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Ukraine war briefing: ‘Shameful’ – Zelenskyy furious after shootout between Kyiv’s spy services
Only shoot at Russian occupiers, president says, after three officers wounded in clash; Patriots could take ye…
Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold to UK from US and Canada, citing ‘geopolitical unrest’
Bank says gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily and the move will allow it to respond more …
China’s falling emissions amid Iran war spark hope of decarbonisation watershed
Oil consumption plummets and EV sales soar as analysts say demand may not fully return even if crude price fal…
Espionage, true crime and war: Baillie Gifford longlist revealed
Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for…
Private equity owns 11 of England’s 20 biggest children’s care providers, research finds
Investigation comes amid growing calls for an end to ‘obscene’ profit-making in care sector Private equity com…
Maro Itoje ready to ‘come back better’ for England after taking mini sabbatical
Itoje rested for Nations Championship games in July Captain has had a rare full pre-season with Saracens Maro …
Iran attacks US bases in Middle East after reports of fatal US strike on wedding – Middle East crisis live
Iran’s Fars news agency reports four-year-old child among those killed at wedding after fresh flare-up in host…
UK 10-year borrowing costs hit fresh highs as bond market sell-off continues – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news UK long-term borrowing costs could halve chancellor…
Britain is OK with public ownership, but only by foreign powers. Why?
Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People: A History of British Energy, says all-encompassing rapid trans…
Oasis, auteurs and seven hours of Bertolucci: 12 unmissable movies from Venice film festival
A backstage peek at the reunion tour and a new film from Burning director Lee Chang-dong are among this year’s…
Free cholesterol tests on the NHS are great – but here’s the five-point health MOT I’d really like to see
You could be walking around symptom-free and not know you’re pre-diabetic, living with hypertension or at a hi…
Gingers of America: portraits of people with ginger hair across the US
For his latest in a series of work photographing people with red hair, photographer Kieran Dodds interviewed a…
Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find
Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of …
Can reshuffle turn ‘Keminaissance’ into a real electoral threat to Burnham?
With Badenoch facing a new opponent at PMQs, she’s backed up by a mix of One Nation centrists and rightwing ha…
My autistic son lives in fear of bailiffs from Ovo breaking into his flat
He doesn’t have an account with them, but is being bombarded with demands for money and threats of debt collec…
UK must end all trade with Israel, says co-founder of BDS movement
Exclusive: sanctions against ministers and settler groups are ‘smoke and mirrors cop-out’ says Omar Barghouti …
The Bridge by Colm Tóibín review – betrayal and survival in the High Pyrenees
Deep sorrow mingles with illicit desire in this potent novella, the follow-up to a 2006 story about an isolate…
A moment that changed me: I had a panic attack on public transport – and it led me to a horrifying secret
For a decade I lived with a fear so bad that I once tried to climb out of a tube carriage while it was in moti…
Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets
Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowde…
‘I want to live’: the disabled people unable to go abroad because of care funding refusal
Campaigners say care users face a postcode lottery for support overseas – despite no extra cost to taxpayer Di…
British man deported from Sweden despite living there since childhood
John Sellers, 34, who moved with his family to Sweden aged 10, has been ejected despite his recent marriage to…
Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to …
‘It smelled like dead people’: the plan to tackle England’s illegal waste problem
Andy Burnham has announced a crackdown, but doubts remain over authorities’ ability to take on organised crime…
It’s not easy to show my scars. But I am proud to break the deadly silence around breast cancer in Nigeria
I was told to keep my diagnosis private but I am determined to show the reality of breast cancer and reject th…
The year of Domhnall Gleeson: ‘No one talks about actors’ dedication. But I had a perm for five months!’
He started in the Harry Potter films and has since become ubiquitous, playing every type of character: romcom …
‘OK, fine. I’m a national treasure’: Joe Lycett on fatherhood, Celebrity Traitors – and his TV show live from a pub
The comedian’s new Friday night series will be set in a working pub, with his aunties working the bar and cele…
The Gentlemen season two review – these geezers in tweed are irritating, stupid and extremely funny
Guy Ritchie’s crime caper is back with the usual hijinks, swearing and men shaking their fists. But its ridicu…
The shadow of the AfD hangs over German democracy – but I still have faith in my adopted country
As I celebrate five years of citizenship, the far right is poised to take control in Saxony-Anhalt. Courage is…
England v Ireland: first women’s cricket one-day international – live
Updates from the first ODI, 1pm BST start at Leicester Sign up to receive The Spin newsletter | And mail Geoff…
Raise the Colours member denies murder of man in Staffordshire
Billy Allison, 36, pleads not guilty to charge over Matthew O’Gara’s death after incident outside Lichfield ba…
Could humans ever communicate with whales?
Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949 , researchers have been captivated by t…
Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says
Meteorologists say average mean temperature of 16.5C was made 130 times more likely by climate crisis This yea…
Gaps in NHS end-of-life care ‘denying ill children chance to die at home’
Campaigners say some care boards in England flouting their legal duty, resulting in ‘cruel’ postcode lottery S…
‘They take the water, the springs dry up’: fear as Guatemalan goldmine plan is revived
After lying dormant for years, the Era Dorada project in Asunción Mita resumed this year and villagers say his…
‘I was scared to tell my old teammates’: Victoria Pelova on making leap from Arsenal to Spurs
While move across north London has been amicable, Netherlands midfielder is relishing clash with former club T…
UK long-term borrowing costs hit 28-year high
Yield on 30-year government bonds jumps to 5.88%, the highest since 1998, in bond rout triggered by global fac…
US Open 2026: Alcaraz enters fray while Sabalenka wins on day two after Djokovic shock – live
Ailing Djokovic goes out | Williams loses after 2am start You can email Luke and follow us on TikTok and Blues…
Aston Villa v Arsenal: Premier League – live
⚽️ Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off ⚽️ Email Scott and follow us on TikTok and Bluesky Arsenal…
Conservative reshuffle: who’s who in Kemi Badenoch’s top team?
From a darling of the Tory right to a moderate former army officer, we profile the key players Kemi Badenoch h…
Turkish deep-sea search vessel joins efforts to retrieve 20 still missing after Cyprus ferry disaster
TCG Isin expected to play vital role in locating Filo Jet’s voyage data recorder 514 metres below surface A de…